This is just one of many examples where studies prove the idea that the rich leave in droves to flee from a wealth tax is a mere (but persistent) myth (like 'trickle down economics'). It's being repeated every yr, every time someone puts forward the plan. It seems 'logical', but it just isn't true.

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You don't need to be able to understand French to get this. 🐌🦌

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If they do not commute her sentence that would be utter and abject vicious cruelty. Abolish the death penalty.

Back in my happy place. Not too shabby in the views department!

Mural unveiling was a wild success

What's your soil like? I don't think I'm ever getting orchids here tbh. Clover loves our soil. Bit of camomile and loads of moss.

See if you can guess what this is about before reading the thread. 😂

Moles plural. 😂🙄

Just weeds here no orchids.

Everything is still growing (including the weeds). And I've got flowers everywhere! Cosmos, dahlias, asters, rudbeckia, zinnias, scabious, sunflowers, even roses. My garden is still fighting against the last of the autumn light. 🌱🩷

This. We need to take physicality more seriously in education. Education is not all academics.

A day of autumnal mowing for me. Back lawn, front lawn and allotment paths. It's like hoovering the garden and it stops your feet getting wet. 🌱

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All the breathless "Is it over for Zack Polanski??" stuff this morning feels like wishcasting to me. Two thirds of the membership joined under this leadership, removing him would take a super majority on the party council, and also the result was... fine? He's going nowhere.

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